Clinical memoirs on the diseases of women . Fig. C. Cervix. T. Iunionr. u. Uterus, c. Cervix. T. Axis of vagina. culs-de-sac; and, at the same time, the corresponding half of theposterior cul-de-sac, as is represented in Fig. 11. This latero-posterior part of the uterine circumference, and morefrequently the left than the right side of it, is the chosen seat ofthose tumours to which pelvi-peritonitis gives rise.^ We come now to the spurious peri-uterine retro-phlegmons,which are less common than the others. They occupy, generally, onlythe posterior cul-de-sac, with their centre d
Clinical memoirs on the diseases of women . Fig. C. Cervix. T. Iunionr. u. Uterus, c. Cervix. T. Axis of vagina. culs-de-sac; and, at the same time, the corresponding half of theposterior cul-de-sac, as is represented in Fig. 11. This latero-posterior part of the uterine circumference, and morefrequently the left than the right side of it, is the chosen seat ofthose tumours to which pelvi-peritonitis gives rise.^ We come now to the spurious peri-uterine retro-phlegmons,which are less common than the others. They occupy, generally, onlythe posterior cul-de-sac, with their centre directly behind the neck,displacing this organ in a double direction, and pushing it downwardsand It is necessary to insist upon this point, because the tumour, byits position beliind the uterus, its descent below it, its extension intoone or both of the lateral culs-de-sac, (which latter is the more fre-quent), and by its configuration, strikingly resembles the swelling ofhsematocele. I also specially insist on the projection of the cerv
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